GPS Technology Helps Mounties Get Their Man
Surrey Leader , Feb 10. 2006
By Dan Ferguson Staff Reporter
Police literally have stolen vehicles on their radar as they hunt down the missing autos via onboard tracking devices. Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers are proving an effective weapon against commercial vehicle theft in Surrey. In two separate incidents in less than a week, police were able to recover stolen trucks in a matter of hours using the advanced satellite tracking technology. Full Story...
Do You Know Where Your Skid Steer REALLY Is?
Rental Product News, by Rebecca Kanable - February/March 2006
In the next three to five years, Longview Advantage predicts virtually every piece of larger, higher cost construction equipment will be monitored. What business owner would not want to combat theft, bill for additional revenue, increase equipment utilization and perform timely preventative maintenance? Hear what others are doing with GPS tracking to protect their business. Full Story...
FleetReach™ Knows When to Service Equipment
Showcase - Canadian Association of Equipment Distributors (CAED)
by Bonnie Good - October 2005
Maintenance scheduling has always been a challenge for equipment dealers or managers of large fleets. With Longview Advantage’s FleetReach™ Reports, the challenge disappears. In particular, the preventive maintenance module enables users to effectively manage equipment maintenance. From a web-based report, you can see ahead of time what machines will need servicing and where they are located. It creates efficiencies for service departments whether they are monitoring excavators, trucks, or generators. Full Story...
The Long View of The Law
Alberta Venture Magazine, by Marzena Czarnecka - June 2005
The construction industry has been good to Longview Advantage, allowing it to quickly expand from a focus on theft protection and recovery to fleet management and more sophisticated asset tracking measures. Full story ...
Asset Tracking Provides Oilfield Theft Protection
Oil & Gas Network Magazine, by Shelly Brimble - February 2005
The Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) reports that millions of dollars of oilfield equipment and supplies are stolen every year. Organized thieves have networks of vendors that can move equipment around the country (or overseas) quickly. Now the petroleum industry has access to a cost effective asset tracking system that can provide real-time detailed information about the location of equipment throughout the field as well as data for preventive maintenance, and utilization reports. Full story...
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